Recent content by CarbonMike

Are facelift and non facelift rear bumpers the same? Trying to find a white replacement rear bumper for a facelift model and there's not many around. Loads of pre facelifts tho.

Ive never ever replaced all 4 at once on a Quattro. Never had any issues. Had new front tyres 2 weeks ago.

Car was saying 33.5c down here on the south coast today (whilst doing 50mph+ not sat in sun all day).

Had a basic service done on mine by JKM in Pompey on Friday, £159. Even have acess to the dealer service network to update the service history.

Well.... a combination of factors are now at play lol Mainly, work is a bit up and down right now, i work in professional motorsport industry, mostly F1. I cannot be trusted with a 100bhp car let alone 300+! I do alot of milage. I DO need an estate, a diesel would be better but selling it on...

Friend of mine has an E46 325ti Compact track car, much lighter bodyshell compared to coupe. Its such a fun car for not alot of money at all! For the amateur occasional track day i wouldnt waste your time or money chasing horsepower. Keep it cheap, simple & fun. Thats speaking from 17 years of...

Thanks for the input guys. Planning on buying the latest B8.5 I can find i think so 64 or 15 plate. Part ex my trusty 14 plate Black Edition TDi.

Mr Muscle foam oven cleaner spray (orange aerosol can). Great for bringing up weathered and beat up cast alu.

Thanks guys. Yeah im under no illusion that i wont lose money upon resale! I got my current A4 for a great price 2 1/2 years ago so fortunatly ill only lose maybe 4 or 5k if i part ex it. First thing I did was look at Revo software etc.... completely transformed my TDi. 3rd 4th and 5th in gear...

So, im contemplating chopping in my B8.5 saloon for an B8.5 S4 Avant now we have our first born.... Did consider a 3.0 TDi Avant but in my opinion diesel cars in the near future are going to be very hard to re-sell so going petrol seems logical, and buying a slow one well just no. I do alot of...

I work in the professional motorsport industry.... No Formula 1, no WEC, no Indy or Nascar = no work for me. Our short getaway to a wedding in Portugal now cancelled and my yearly excursion to Le Man (24hr) now moved to Sept with potential of cancellation. Not that im complaining, im a good...

That is freaking awesome.man!

Same here. Previous car was a B7 140 TDi, now have a B8.5 177 Quattro and the difference is like night & day. Had Revo stage 1 (210 ish horsepower) and its a fantastic daily driver!

How do you turn them on?? By using the heated rear screen or heated mirrors?

Do they come on with heated rear screen or heated mirrors do you know?? I guess the A6 ones are heated too?